Dear Editor,
I am writing today to voice my concerns about the cleanliness of Lake Quinsigamond and to bring awareness to the issue. My family and I currently live on the lake, and I have been on the Shrewsbury High School Rowing team for 3 years. I have seen for myself that the lake is very dirty with trash and debris. But the biggest issue that I want to bring up is that there is still time when raw sewage gets into the lake. When that happens, the team is not allowed to practice and that causes a loss in practice time. This can happen several times during a season. When the practice momentum gets disrupted, more time is spent to get back to that point. This can eventually cause the team to lose during races.
I propose that more attention be spent on finding out why this continues to happen. And then a permanent solution should be determined. We live in an area where there are a lot of very smart people who I think could solve this issue if enough people cared about it.
Sincerely,
Loghan Holmlund
Shrewsbury
